Akihiro Gono
Record: 32 - 16 (7 DRAWS)
Height: 5'9" (176cm)
Weight: 155 lbs
Age: 35

Fighting out of: Tokyo, Japan
Camp: GRABAKA

Akihiro Gono (born October 7, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a welterweight in the UFC. He is best known for his clever and deceptive fighting style, and for his flashy ring entrances. His fighting style is characterized by skillfully avoiding strikes, using fast counter punches and generally getting the opponent to fight his way. He is nicknamed the " Magic Man" for his ability to pull out bizarre submissions often when it looks like he has nothing available.

Gono holds wins over such fighters as Gegard Mousasi, Yuki Kondo, Ivan Salaverry, Crosley Gracie, Daniel Acacio, and Dae Won Kim. He has fought many tough opponents, with losses to such fighters as Mauricio Rua, Dan Henderson, Matt Hughes, and Yuki Kondo.

Gono began making his ring entrances in Pride FC more elaborate in 2006 with the creation of a character, DJ Gozma (a parody of Japanese musician DJ OZMA). The entrances have involved Gono wearing a vintage suit, including shoes, an orange wig, and accompanied by oddly dressed male dancers while the song age age EVERY Night by DJ OZMA plays in the background. Also, when the fighters are introduced in the ring, Gono drops his suit's pants to reveal zebra stripped fighting briefs.

Gono defeated Tamdan McCrory at UFC 78, by verbal submission due to an Armbar at 3:19 of the second round. It was reported (first by Dave Meltzer) that he came out to his usual entrance with his DJ GOZMA persona.

Gono then took on Dan Hardy at UFC 89, but suffered defeat via Split Decision. Gono was left swollen and bloody by several of Hardy's left hooks. Gono rocked Hardy on more than one occasion. In the third round Gono pushed Hardy to the canvas, and while there landed an illegal knee to the face of the downed fighter. Causing the fight to be stopped for a lengthy period. Hardy recovered and went on to win the split decision. The judges saw the bout 29-28 (twice) for Hardy, and 29-28 for Gono.

Gono lost to Jon Fitch in a preliminary bout at UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2

Career Statistics:
Knockout Wins:  4   (07%) Knockout Losses:  2   (04%)
TKO Wins:  3   (05%) TKO Losses:  2   (04%)
Submission Wins:  8   (15%) Submission Losses:  4   (07%)
Decision Wins:  16   (29%) Decision Losses:  8   (15%)
Draws: 7 No Contests: 0
Career Fights:
Opponent Method Event Date Rnd
Loss Jadamba Narantungalag Unanimous Decision SRC: Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 Aug. 22, 2010 3
Win Diego Gonzalez Unanimous Decision SRC: Sengoku Raiden Championship 12 Mar. 07, 2010 3
Win Hayato Sakurai Submission K-1: Dynamite!! Power of Courage 2009 Dec. 31, 2009 2
Win Yoon Young Kim Unanimous Decision Sengoku: Eleventh Battle Nov. 07, 2009 3
Loss Dan Hornbuckle Knockout Sengoku: Ninth Battle Aug. 02, 2009 3
Loss Jon Fitch Unanimous Decision UFC 94: St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 Jan. 31, 2009 3
Loss Dan Hardy Split Decision UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben Oct. 18, 2008 3
Win Tamdan McCrory Submission UFC 78: Validation Nov. 17, 2007 2
Win Yuki Kondo Split Decision PRIDE: Shockwave 2006 Dec. 31, 2006 2
Loss Denis Kang Unanimous Decision PRIDE: Bushido 13 Nov. 05, 2006 2
Win Gegard Mousasi Submission PRIDE: Bushido 12 Aug. 26, 2006 2
Win Hector Lombard Unanimous Decision PRIDE: Bushido 11 Jun. 04, 2006 2
Win Dae Won Kim Submission PRIDE: Bushido 10 Apr. 02, 2006 1
Loss Dan Henderson Knockout PRIDE: Bushido 9 Sep. 25, 2005 1
Win Daniel Acacio Decision PRIDE: Bushido 9 Sep. 25, 2005 2
Win Crosley Gracie Unanimous Decision PRIDE: Bushido 7 May. 22, 2005 2
Win Tim McKenzie Technical Knockout Pancrase: Brave 10 Nov. 07, 2004 2
Win Tsuyoshi Kurihara Knockout Pancrase: Brave 6 Jun. 22, 2004 1
Loss Mauricio Rua Technical Knockout PRIDE: Bushido 2 Feb. 15, 2004 1
Win Nilson de Castro Unanimous Decision Pancrase: Hybrid 10 Nov. 30, 2003 3
Win Daisuke Watanabe Knockout Pancrase: Hybrid 9 Oct. 31, 2003 2
Win Nilson de Castro Disqualification Pancrase: 10th Anniversary Show Aug. 31, 2003 1
Win Flavio Luiz Moura Decision Pancrase: Hybrid 5 May. 18, 2003 2
Win Chris Haseman Decision Zst: The Battlefield 2 Mar. 09, 2003 2
Draw Chael Sonnen Draw Pancrase: Hybrid 2 Feb. 16, 2003 2
Win Keiichiro Yamamiya Technical Knockout Pancrase: Spirit 9 Dec. 21, 2002 3
Draw Osami Shibuya Draw Pancrase: Spirit 6 Aug. 25, 2002 3
Win Kosei Kubota Unanimous Decision Pancrase: Spirit 4 May. 11, 2002 3
Loss Yuki Kondo Technical Knockout Pancrase: Proof 7 Dec. 01, 2001 3
Win Keiichiro Yamamiya Unanimous Decision Pancrase: Proof 6 Oct. 30, 2001 3
Draw Dustin Denes Draw Deep: 2nd Impact Aug. 18, 2001 3
Win Daisuke Watanabe Technical Knockout Pancrase: Proof 4 Jun. 26, 2001 2
Draw Murilo Rua Draw Shooto: To The Top 4 May. 01, 2001 3
Win Ivan Salaverry Knockout Shooto: To The Top 1 Jan. 19, 2001 1
Win Masanori Suda Unanimous Decision Shooto: R.E.A.D. 12 Nov. 12, 2000 3
Win Andy Wang Unanimous Decision Shooto: R.E.A.D. 5 May. 22, 2000 3
Draw Larry Papadopoulos Draw Shooto: R.E.A.D. 1 Jan. 14, 2000 3
Loss Lance Gibson Decision SB 13: SuperBrawl 13 Sep. 07, 1999 3
Loss Matt Hughes Unanimous Decision Shooto: 10th Anniversary Event May. 29, 1999 3
Draw Marcos da Silva Draw Shooto: Devilock Fighters Jan. 15, 1999 3
Win Adriano de Souza Submission Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 6 Nov. 27, 1998 1
Win Matt Rocca Submission Shooto: Shoot the Shooto XX Apr. 26, 1998 1
Loss Larry Papadopoulos Split Decision Shooto: Reconquista 4 Oct. 12, 1997 3
Draw Jutaro Nakao Draw Shooto: Gig Jun. 25, 1997 3
Win Tsunemichi Nagano Unanimous Decision Daidojuku: WARS 4 Mar. 11, 1997 5
Win Masato Fujiwara Unanimous Decision Shooto: Reconquista 1 Jan. 18, 1997 4
Loss Kazuhiro Kusayanagi Submission Shooto: Let's Get Lost Oct. 04, 1996 4
Win Masanori Suda Submission Shooto: Free Fight Kawasaki Jul. 28, 1996 4
Loss Todd Bjornethun Submission Shooto: Vale Tudo Junction 3 May. 07, 1996 3
Loss Kazunari Murakami Decision Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '96 Mar. 30, 1996 2
Win Yasushi Warita Submission Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '96 Mar. 30, 1996 1
Win Tatsuharu Doi Decision Daidojuku: WARS 3 Feb. 17, 1996 2
Loss Egan Inoue Submission Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '95 Oct. 13, 1995 1
Win Kazunari Murakami Knockout Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '95 Oct. 13, 1995 1
Loss Yasunori Okuda Submission Lumax Cup: Tournament of J '94 Apr. 23, 1994 1
Total Fights: 55   |   Record: 32 - 16 (7 DRAWS)
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